mitochondrie
French, noun/mi.tɔ.kɔ̃.dʁi/
mitochondrie is spelled M-I-T-O-C-H-O-N-D-R-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mitochondrie is a French feminine noun meaning “mitochondrion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Structure intracellulaire endosymbiote (ou organite), ayant pour fonction de récupérer l’énergie fournie par…”.
What does mitochondrie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemitochondrion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Structure intracellulaire endosymbiote (ou organite), ayant pour fonction de récupérer l’énergie fournie par les molécules organiques, puis de la convertir sous forme d’ATP, et qui constitue donc la source principale d'énergie pour la cellule, par le processus de phosphorylation oxydative.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mitochondrie
- mitochondries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mitochondrie?
- /mi.tɔ.kɔ̃.dʁi/
- \mi.to.kɔ̃.dʁi\
- [mi.to.kɔ̃.dʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mitochondrie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mitochondrie in French?
mitochondrie appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).